Comments on: Welcome to the Family, Whiz-Kid

Comment on Welcome to the Family, Whiz-Kid by: Noel Lepori

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:56:05 +0000

Chad, Please contact me if interested in selling it!! nlepori@hotmail.com

Comment on Welcome to the Family, Whiz-Kid by: Chad Coggins

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:37:39 +0000

i have a 1984 Vtech Whiz-Kid in the box still looks brand new with all the started cards. My wife found it in a box of stuff from when she was a kid.

Comment on Welcome to the Family, Whiz-Kid by: Diego Lazo

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:00:16 +0000

Hi, i'm from south america, Chile and a did learn english with this very device, it was so helpful. But i lost all the cards, do you guys think you could scan, at least those cards that need the picture to be played. For instance a scan from cards A15 to A35. I think it's not such a big effort considering you could put 4 or 5 cards into one scan, and if you do so, i could cut them and then upload them somewhere so our children can play with it as we did too.

thank you all very much
my email in case you feel like the idea is diego.lazo.opazo@gmail.com

bless

Comment on Welcome to the Family, Whiz-Kid by: Susan Mercurio

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:12:10 +0000

Looking for the talking Whiz kid cards! Anyone have ideas?

Comment on Welcome to the Family, Whiz-Kid by: Bee

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:22:10 +0000

I remember 'Follow Me'. Best game ever. Unfortunately my Whiz Kid was passed on to a younger cousin and I haven't seen it since.

Comment on Welcome to the Family, Whiz-Kid by: Lisa

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:42:28 +0000

http://www.vtechkids.com/_f/_pw/_manual/TalkingWhizKid.pdf

Comment on Welcome to the Family, Whiz-Kid by: jasmine

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:16:35 +0000

i have the vtech talking whizkid its pretty fun, its used to be my cousins

Comment on Welcome to the Family, Whiz-Kid by: Pam

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:28:07 +0000

This is for the C cartridge Vocabulary Builder 2:
1 Spelling: The machine will ask you to spell words at random. Listen carefully, then type in your word.
2 Learn & spell: The machine shows a word, spells it, and pronounces it for you. You must then spell that word again correctly.
3 Say it: The machine will display words and say them once. Repeat the words that you hear.
4 Complete the word: The machine displays a word with a letter missing. Enter the letter which correctly spells the word.
5 Begins with: The machine shows words with the first letter missing. Enter the letter that correctly begins the word.
6 Hangman: The machine shows a number of blanks equal to the letters in the mystery word. Enter each letter of the word and the machine will put it in its correct position. You have 8 chances to discover the word.
7 Scramble: The machine displays a word whose letters are mixed up. Rearrange the letters so that it spells the word correctly.
8 Astronaut: need the card
9 Rocket's structure: need the card
10 Control room: need the card
11 Solar system: need the card
12 Space Traveling: need the card
13 Space vehicle: need the card
14 Route of Voyager 2: need the card
15 Lunar-Roving car: need the card
16 Galaxy puzzle: need the card
17 Space quiz: need the card
18 What is it? need the card
19 Rocket: need the card
20 Squiggly: need the card
21 Radio control sustem: need the card
22 Astrometry: The machine shows a letter for each asterisk. Enter the number from the list on the right that identifies it. Since I love astronomy, I am including the list: 1. Pegasus, Flying Horse, 2. Cygnus, Swan, 3. Ursa Major, Great Bear, 4. Leo, Lion, 5 Gemini, Twins, 6. Cetus, Sea Monster, 7. Crux, Southern Cross, 8. Sagittarius, Archer
23 Future City: need the card
24 Formation: The machine shows a letter for each object. Enter the number from the list on the right that can rebuild the object.
25 Computer graphics:need the card

Comment on Welcome to the Family, Whiz-Kid by: Pam

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:33:12 +0000

This is the list for A pack of cards that we have:
1 Basic addition
2 Advanced addition
3 Basic subtraction
4 Missing (probably advanced subtraction)
5 Basic multiplication
6 Advanced multiplication
7 Basic division
8 Advanced division
9 Math quiz 1
10 Math quiz 2
11 2 player math: one person makes up a math problem in addition, subtraction, multiplication or division and enters it in the machine. The second person answers the problem.
12 Operation 1: Do you know the operation sign for each math problem? Enter the correct operation sign for the displayed math problem.
13 Operation 2
14 Calculator: Make up a problem in additon, subtraction, multiplication or division using up to 3 digits per number. Press the enter key and the machine will give the answer up to a 4 digit number.
15 My head: need the card for the picture of a face
16 Zoo: need the card
17 Fruit: need the card
18 Home appliances: need the card
19 Furniture: need the card
20 Tools: need the card
21 Toys: need the card
22 Bad weather: need the card
23 Clothes: need the card
24 Stationery: need the card
25 My body: need the card
26 What things do: need the card
27 Relation: need the card
28 World Map: need the card
29 World structures: need the card
30 Flags: need the card
31 Jobs: need the card
32 What are they doing: need the card
33 Colors: need the card
34 Planets: need the card
35 Musical instruments: need the card
36 Spelling: Listen to the word then type in the letters
37 Learn & spell: The machine shows a word, spells it, and pronounces it for you. You must then spell that word again correctly.
38 Say it: The machine will display words and say them once. Repeat the words that you hear.
39 Complete the word: The machine displays a word with a letter missing. Enter the letter which correctly spells the word.
40 Begins with: The machine shows words with the first letter missing. Enter the letter that correctly begins the word.
41 Hangman: The machine shows a number of blanks equal to the number of letters in the mystery word. Enter each letter of the word and the machine will put it in its correct position. You have 8 chances to discover the word.
42 Missing (I think this is the 1 player scramble. My kids wore the card out))
43 2 player hangman: One player enters a word (up to 8 letters long) into the machine. The second player must guess that word, letter by letter.
44 2 player scramble: One player enters a correct word (up to 8 letters long) into the machine that will be scrambled. The second player must unscramble that word by rearranging the letters.
45 Memory tune: Find the musical notes on the keyboard. Press the notes you want to make up your own tune. The machine holds up to 32 notes in 3 octaves. After you have entered your notes, press the enter key to hear your composition.
46 ABC song: Find the notes on the keyboard. The machine will play a song for you. Then you follow the notes on the card to learn the song. Enter the right note by pressing that key on the keyboard. Keep going until you have played the entire tune.
47 Jingle bells: same directions as 46
48 London bridge: same directions as 46
49 Happy birthday: same directions as 46
50 Follow me: The machine will make random notes and ask you to repeat those notes in the same order. A total of 16 notes can be used.

Hope this helps.

Comment on Welcome to the Family, Whiz-Kid by: Renee

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:35:39 +0000

OK, I found the missing manual! And as promised, here are the instructions on how to use the Whiz Kid without the paper cards.

Quoting from the book:

"What to do if a card is lost or destroyed

The Whiz-Kid keeps a memory of all the questions and answers to every picture card. All cards are listed by number and title in the back o this manual. Be sure the dashed —— are displayed on the screen, then press the "code" key and the corresponding code for the lost card. The missing questions will appear on the screen and you'll be able to answer them as before."

OK, me back again…some of the questions refer to pictures on the cards. I will provide here a list of the card title and the code to access it, but please keep in mind two things:
1.) This manual is (c) 1984. If you have a newer Whiz-Kid with lost cards, the codes (or "games") might be different.
2.) Some of the "games" aren't playable without the card, because you can't see the picture (and the answers are multiple-choice (a,b,c,d or 1,2,3,4 style) and listed on the picture). If you're real clever, you'll notice that some of these codes are the same for different "games". That's because the answers to the questions (at least so far as a,b,c,d or 1,2,3,4) are the same even though the pictures on the cards are different. That's probably how they were able to offer so many "different" games on the limited amount of memory

Quoting from the manual again:

"All the cards and what they do

No./Title/Code

1/Memory Tune/ai
2/Scrambled Words-Feelings/NO CODE GIVEN
3/Shaping Up/ba
4/More Shapes/bb
5/Favorite Colors/cb
6/More Favorite Colors/bb
7/Pick a Color/cc
8/Tall/Short and Match Colors/cd
9/Camparison-Weak/Strong/ce
10/Comparision-Fat/Thin/cf
11/Scrambled Words-Detective/cg
12/Scrambled Words-Animals/ch
13/Tangled Lines/bb
14/Addition/aa
15/Subtraction/ab
16/Multiplication/ac
17/Division/ad
18/Math Quiz/ae
19/Operations/af
20/What?/ah
21/Counting/bd
22/Scrambled Words-Mixed-up Seasons/ci
23/Multiplication/ag
24/Jobs/cj
25/Match the Shapes/ba
26/Growing Up/bc
27/Going Together/bb
28/Before & After/bb
29/What Do they Do?/ba
30/Where To Wear?/ck
31/Food For Animals/cl
32/More Food For Animals/cm
33/More Food For Animals/bc
34/Foot Prints/cn
35/What's What?/co
36/Weather/da
37/Funny Face/db
38/Body Shop/dc
39/The Beach/dd
40/Farm Animals/de
41/Classroom/df
42/Bedroom/dg
43/Kitchen/dh
44/Playroom/di
45/Meadow/dj
46/Family/dk
47/Toys/dl
48/Travel/dm
49/Restaurant/dn
50/Camping Out/do